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The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given orassumed.(d) (Com.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc.,in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with theexpectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading onanticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading inwhich the profit expected is the difference between the retail andwholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets. 1year) is considered investment.Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by whatis called the trade of speculation. A. Smith.Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent forequalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of priceless sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be. F. A. Walker.